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Windows 7: Format C drive before installing W7?

I have a laptop with Vista and I bought a dvd of Windows 7 Full version that I want to install on this laptop. I want to remove Vista. Do I have to format the c drive before installing Windows 7 or will this be done during the installation process?

If you have No Data on the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that you don't want to lose, have a look at the tutorial at the link below to do a wipe "secure erase" on the HDD so you'll have a clean slate to start with, though any/all data on the HDD will be over-written so be sure.

If you have No Data on the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that you don't want to lose, have a look at the tutorial at the link below to do a wipe "secure erase" on the HDD so you'll have a clean slate to start with, though any/all data on the HDD will be over-written so be sure.

File format changed into other format after format a hard driveHi everyone,
I recently accidentally formatted a hard drive. So, I quickly install a file recovery software (EaseUS Data Recovery). Then the result shows that most of SWF files are big in size. I think that lots of my files have been converted or combine with other files. So, how do I recover my...

Hardware & Devices

Installing new 4TB Hard Drive with GPT won't formatI am trying to install a new 4TB HDD, to be used as extra storage (windows installed on different HDD) on my Windows 7 system.
I understand as my new HDD is over 2TB needed to be converted from MBR to GPT to work.
I ran Disk Management as Administrator and initially showed two partitions for...

Hardware & Devices

Installing new SSD, when to format old HDD?My new SSD is coming in the next few hours and Im getting stuff over to my backup HDD. What Im curious to know is when should I format my old HDD with the old win7 OS? In case something goes wrong with the new install I'd like to have the old install as standby.
If I successfully install the...

Installation & Setup

Format & Partition New Drive to Use as a Backup Drive or Storage DriveI want to prepare a factory fresh drive so that I can use it to save backup images. Soon I will have a second drive that will only be used to store data files. Neither drive will ever be used for the installation of an operating system. From what I've read, I see no advantage to having more than a...